Korg Kronos User Manual

Sampling and editing in Sampling mode Using Time Slice
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Whenyouexecutethisoperation,thetruncated
sampledatawillautomaticallybeassignedtothe
index.
Inthedialogboxesofsomepagemenuitems,there
isaSavetoNo.settingthatletsyouspecifythe
samplenumbertowhichtheeditedsamplewillbe
saved.Atthistime,avacantsamplenumberwillbe
selectedautomatically,soyouwillchangethe
settingonlyifyouwanttospecifythesave
destinationnumber.
IfyoucheckOverwriteinthedialogboxofthe
command,thedatapriortoeditingwillbedeleted
andoverwrittenbytheediteddata.Normally,you
willexecutetheWr
i
teoperationwithoutchecking
this,sothattheunediteddataispreserved.When
youarecompletelyfinishedwithyourediting,you
canusethepagemenucommandDeleteSampleto
deleteunneededsamples.
Using the grid to make loop settings
Gridoverlaysagridonthewaveformdisplayto
indicatethetempoBPM.Thishelpsyoumakeloop
settingsthatmatchthetempo.
YoucanalsoviewthegridintheP1:SampleEditpage,
andusethegridtoeditthewaveformtomatchthe
tempo.
1. Check“Grid.”
Thegridwillappearinthewa
veformdisplay.
SetResolutionasdesired,andspecifythetempo
BPMvalue.
Thegridisdisplayedaccordingtotheplayback
pitchatthebasekey(thekeyshowninbluefor
“Keyboard&Pad”).Youcanselectthebasekeyby
holdingdowntheENTERswitchandplayingakey.
Pressthebasekeytoplaythesample,andpressthe
TAPTEMPOswitchatquarter‐noteintervalsalong
withthephrase.ThiswillenableTapTempoand
specifythetempo.
2. Settheendaddress“End”sothatitcoincideswith
agridline.
ThiswillmakethelooplengthmatchtheBPM.
Ifl
oopingison,thegridisdisplayedbeginningat
theLoopStart.Ifloopingisoff,thegridisdisplayed
beginningattheStart.
3. Ifyouwanttohidethegriddisplay,uncheckthe
“Grid”option.
Using Time Slice
TimeSliceisafunctionthatdetectstheattackofthe
kickorsnareetc.inarhythmloopsample(asample
consistingofaloopedpatternofdrumsetc.),and
automaticallydividesitintoseparateinstrumental
sounds.Eachofthedividedinstrumentalsoundsis
madeintoasampleofitsown,andthenautomatically
expande
dinto
amultisampleandprogram.Pattern
playbackdatafortheSequencermodeusingthe
dividedsamplesisalsocreatedautomatically.
Thetime‐slicessamplecanbeusedinthefollowing
waysbythesongofSequencermode.
•Multiplerhythmloopsamplesofdifferingtempo
canbematchedtothesamete
mp
owithout
changingtheirpitch.
•Youcanchangethetempoinrealtimewithout
affectingthepitch.
Asanexample,wewilldescribehowarhythmloop
samplecanbetime‐slicedinSamplingmode,andthen
howtherhythmloopsamplecanbeplayedin
Sequencermode.
Youwillneedtoproviderhy
t
hmloopsamplesof
drumsetc.Youcaneitherrecordtheseonthe
KRONOS,orloadtheminDiskmode.Initially,you
shouldtrythisusingaone‐measurepatternin4/4time
withafairlysimplebeat,andrecordthepatternasa
monorhythmloopsample.
1.
Use“SampleSelect”toselectthesampledatathat
youwanttotime‐slice.
Playbackthesample,andverifythatthebeatsthat
youwanttoloopareplayedcleanly.
Iftheyarenotplayedcleanly,maketheappropriate
settingsforthestartaddressStartandendaddress
End,andexecutethepagemenuco
mmand
Tr
uncate(See“Loopsettings”onpage 140).

Korg Kronos Specifications

Operating Environment

operating temperature range	+5 – +35 °C

Power

power consumption	60 W

Weight and Dimensions

dimensions (61 keys)	1052 x 362 x 134 mm
dimensions (73 keys)	1243 x 411 x 145 mm
dimensions (88 keys)	1455 x 411 x 145 mm
weight (61 keys)	12.5 kg
weight (73 keys)	20.3 kg
weight (88 keys)	23.0 kg